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TIL that in 1953 the U.S and U.K. worked together to overthrow the Democratic Iranian government.

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b6vG0 TIL about the Arecibo message, a radio message consisting of information about humans and Earth that was sent to globular star cluster M13 in 1974, in hopes that extraterrestrial life would receive and decode it.
8aYG8 TIL about Chittorgarh, a ~700 acre mountaintop fortress in Rajasthan, India, built in the 700's AD and undefeated for almost 600 years
lRPA TIL- People who are owned by cats are 40% less likely to die of a heart attack.
xVvlB TIL that the Superdry clothing brand is a thoroughly British company that uses non-sensical Japanese writing in their branding just like many Japanese brands uses non-sensical English/Engrish in theirs. Even consumers of Superdry products are unaware of the British origin.
vGWR TIL John Quincy Adams was elected the 6th President of the United States despite losing both the popular and electoral vote. No one won the majority, so the election went to the House of Representatives, where Adams had more friends than his competition.